Increase in cell motility by carbon ion irradiation via the Rho signaling pathway and its inhibition by the ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 in lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells

Murata, Kazutoshi*; Noda, Shinei*; Oike, Takahiro*; Takahashi, Akihisa*; Yoshida, Yukari*; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Ono, Tatsuya*; Funayama, Tomoo; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Takahashi, Takeo*; et al.

Journal of Radiation Research, 55(4), p.658 - 664, 2014/07

https://doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rru002

The effect of carbon ion irradiation on cell motility through the Rho signaling pathway in the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 was studied. At 48 h after irradiation, the cell motility of A549 cells became significantly greater, and the formation of protrusions significantly increased in cells irradiated with carbon ion. The observed increase in cell motility due to carbon ion irradiation was similar to that observed due to X-ray irradiation. Western-blot analysis showed that carbon ion irradiation increased P-MLC2-S19 expression compared with in unirradiated controls, while total MLC2 expression was unchanged. Exposure to a non-toxic concentration of Y-27632, a specific inhibitor of ROCK, reduced the expression of P-MLC2-S19 after C-ion irradiation, resulting in a significant reduction in migration. These data suggest that carbon irradiation increases cell motility in A549 cells via the Rho signaling pathway and that ROCK inhibition reduces that effect.

Evaluation of the relative biological effectiveness of carbon ion beams in the cerebellum using the rat organotypic slice culture system

Yoshida, Yukari*; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Al-Jahdari, W. S.*; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Funayama, Tomoo; Shirai, Katsuyuki*; Kato, Hiroyuki*; Sakashita, Tetsuya; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Nakano, Takashi*

Journal of Radiation Research, 53(1), p.87 - 92, 2012/02

https://doi.org/10.1269/jrr.11139A

Development of head module for multi-head Si/CdTe Compton camera for medical applications

Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka; Kawachi, Naoki; Suzui, Nobuo; Fujimaki, Shu; Kamiya, Tomihiro; Odaka, Hirokazu*; Ishikawa, Shinnosuke*; Kokubun, Motohide*; Watanabe, Shin*; Takahashi, Tadayuki*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 648(Suppl.1), p.S2 - S7, 2011/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.02.040

We are constructing a three-dimensional imaging system for medical and biological applications. The system will allow simultaneous imaging at high spatial and energy resolutions across a wide energy range, from several tens of keV to a few MeV. In this work, one prototype head module have been developed for a multi-head Si/CdTe Compton camera system. The performance of the prototype was evaluated with a sealed Ba-133 radiation source. The experiments confirmed that the imaging results were consistent with actual source position. In addition to the resolution for the parallel directions to the detector surface, the position resolution was evaluated for the depth direction at a point in near region of the head-module. These position resolutions were well reproduced by Monte Carlo simulation results.

Effectiveness of carbon-ion beams for apoptosis induction in rat primary immature hippocampal neurons

Kaminuma, Takuya*; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Shirai, Katsuyuki*; Mizui, Toshiyuki*; Noda, Shinei*; Yoshida, Yukari*; Funayama, Tomoo; Takahashi, Takeo*; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Shirao, Tomoaki*; et al.

Journal of Radiation Research, 51(6), p.627 - 631, 2010/11

https://doi.org/10.1269/jrr.10050

Basic characteristics of a newly developed Si/CdTe Compton camera for medical imaging

Kawachi, Naoki; Watanabe, Shigeki; Sato, Takahiro; Arakawa, Kazuo; Takeda, Shinichiro*; Ishikawa, Shinnosuke*; Aono, Hiroyuki*; Watanabe, Shin*; Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka*; Takahashi, Tadayuki*; et al.

2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (CD-ROM), p.1540 - 1543, 2008/10

Differential effects of X-irradiation on immature and mature hippocampal neurons in vitro

Shirai, Katsuyuki*; Mizui, Toshiyuki*; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Nakano, Takashi*; Shirao, Tomoaki*

Neuroscience Letters, 399(1-2), p.57 - 60, 2006/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2006.01.048

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Effects of X-ray and carbon ion beam on the postnatal cerebellum in organotypic slice cultures

Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Shirai, Katsuyuki*; Yoshida, Yukari*; Mizui, Toshiyuki*; Kiyohara, Hiroki*; Noda, Shinei*; Ishizaki, Yasuki*; Ozawa, Seiji*; Nakano, Takashi*; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Apoptosis induced by heavy charged particles in cultured premature rat neurons

Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Shirai, Katsuyuki*; Mizui, Toshiyuki*; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Noda, Shinei*; Funayama, Tomoo; Yoshida, Yukari*; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Shirao, Tomoaki*; Nakano, Takashi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Effects of X-ray and carbon ion beam on the postnatal cerebellum in organotypic slice cultures

Yoshida, Yukari*; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Takeuchi, Aiko*; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Shirai, Katsuyuki*; Funayama, Tomoo; Sakashita, Tetsuya; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Ozawa, Seiji*; Nakano, Takashi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Effects of the heavy ion beam irradiation on the expression of ICAM-1 and TGF-b1 on HUVEC

Kiyohara, Hiroki*; Ishizaki, Yasuki*; Kato, Hiroyuki*; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki*; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Funayama, Tomoo; Wada, Seiichi*; Sakashita, Tetsuya; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Nakano, Takashi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English